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In this paper, we use the m-Bakry–Émery Ricci tensor on a complete n-dimensional Riemannian manifold to obtain a compactness theorem including a diameter estimate. The proof is based on the Riccati comparison theorem.
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Soylu, Y. A compactness theorem in Riemannian manifolds. J. Geom. 109, 20 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00022-018-0427-1
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